Pp. [16], printed in red & black f'cap. 4to; printed blue paper wrappers, stabbed and tied, green silk thread, lower portion of lower wrapper lightly creased; The Ashendene Press, Shelley House, Chelsea, 1925. One of approximately 400 copies on specially watermarked Batchelor handmade paper. Printed in the month of December..... More
Broadside, folded to form 4 cr. 8vo; French-folded pages (including self-wrappers); textured cream paper, printed in black, fore-edges uncut; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1938. One of 100 copies. Keain 109. *Poem. The printer's statement at the colophon explains that 'The Southwellian was written by my good friend James Devaney on..... More
Two items: 1] Art & Love by Eric Gill, single fold, 4 pp., with specimen page, 19.5 cm. x 11.5 cm., slight remains of a label on first page, 1927; 2] Vigils by Siegfried Sassoon, single fold, 4 pp., with edition leaf loosely inserted, 20 cm. x 12.7 cm., 1934;..... More
Pp. [12], including self-wrappers, stapled; 24.5 x 18.5 cm.; printed in black, pale blue, & green; Contents: gives details of three books, with four full page illustrations; upper and lower wrapper browned, other leaves lightly browned; The Dropmore Press, London, 1952. *With loosely inserted order form. More
Numbers 1 to 3 (of 5); each single leaf, printed on both sides, with mast head vignette and an illustration at on reverse (nos. 1 & 2 by Hugh Anderson, no. 3 by Ray Crooke; 19.5 cm. x 13.8 cm. on cream paper (lightly browned), printed in red and black;..... More
Six items, comprising: 1. The Song of Honour, 1992; 2. A Letter to Norah, 1993; 3. The Cat that Walked by Himself, 2000; 4. How is a Man Commonplace Book, 2001; 5. Henry Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, 2003; 6. Genesis, 2004; The Escutcheon Press, Sydney, 1992-2004. More
Double-fold cream textured card, printed in brown within green rule and fleuron borders (title/Out Toast/Menu/Autographs); 20.3 cm. x 13.1 cm. (folded size); lightly soiled; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1956. Keain 725. More
Single fold, 4 pp., Cockerel A on front; 16.2 cm. x 10.7 cm.; cream wove paper; a little light foxing, horizontal crease at centre; The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, 1921. Cock-a-Hoop III. *Lists Adam & Eve & Pinch Me, Terpsichore & Other Poems, and Signs & Wonders..... More
Pp. [16], stapled (staples removed, light rust marks at centre): full page engraving by Eric Ravilious, adapted from the 1933 prospectus, including specimen pages from 'Ecclesiastes' (wood-engraving by Blair Hughes-Stanton), 'Glory of Life' (2 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings), 'The Journal of James Morrison', 'Cosmetics for My Lady', 'The Garden of..... More
Single fold, 4 pp.; cover; cr. 4to; orange card, featuring on the front an illustration by Corsellis, specially drawn for this publication (showing a reclining nude outside Staple Inn, surrounded by a group of onlookers including a cockerel and several hens), margin of upper wrapper lightly browned; four engravings by..... More
Pp. [4], cover; 34x24cm; green wove paper, edges lightly faded and browned, with horizontal crease at centre, top fore-corners slightly creased, upper cover features an enlargement of an engraving by John Farleigh (previously used on the back of Cock-a-Hoop XXIV). Loose inserts: i. Prospectus for The Book of Days: [4..... More
Single fold, 4 pp.; f'cap. folio; salmon coloured wove paper, corners a trifle creased, with enlarged wood engraving by John O'Connor on first page; several reviews; 6 loose inserts, most with illustrations: i. Prospectus for The Greek Anthology [4 pp., f'cap. folio]. Cock-A-Hoop P129. ii. Prospectus for Here's Flowers [4pp...... More
A Pleasant Myth together with Some Notes on the Golden Cockerel private press books and A List of new and second-hand books in stock at the Press 1939. Pp [32]; small cr. 8vo; yellow paper wrappers, stapled, (staples rusted, wrappers lightly soiled and foxed), with specially engraved cover design (Aphrodite..... More
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Pp [32]; small cr. 8vo; cream wove paper self-wrappers, stapled, staples rusted, outer wrappers with floriated initial "A" by Eric Gill, cockerel C3R between two pairs of cockerel CIR, engraved by Robert Gibbings, cockerel A engraved by Desmond Chute in text. Gives details of new and recent books, including books..... More
Single leaf [2] pp.; cr. 4to; Luxor antique cream laid paper, a trifle soiled, with fold at centre; Contents: cockerel C1R [engraved by Robert Gibbings] before title and at colophon; reviews of four related titles: Men in Print, Secret Despatches from Arabia, and Crusader Castles, all by T. E. Lawrence..... More
Pp [2], broadsheet, cockerel (with magnifying glass and book) on front, specially engraved by John Buckland-wright, refers to the death of Owen Rutter; 25 cm. x 17.5 cm.; cream laid paper; lightly browned, lower right hand corner lightly creased; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, l945. Cock-a-Hoop LXXVII. More
Pp. [8], stapled, device on front (girl on flying cockerel), specially engraved by John Buckland-Wright, also includes an historical note on the Press; 19 cm. x 12.7 cm.; cream laid paper; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1946. Cock-a-Hoop LXXVIII. *Without identification of Australian representative Walter Standish & Sons, but with..... More
Pp. [8]; cr. 8vo; white wove hand-made paper, stapled; outer leaves with specially engraved cockerels by John Buckland-Wright and John O'Connor, prefatory note plus details of 6 new books for l948 and l0 books in stock; some pencilled marginalia; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1947. Cock-a-Hoop LXXX.i. More
Pp. [2], broadsheet, with cockerels facing right and left, reduced from an engraving by Mark Severin, lists eleven books in stock; 18.8 cm. x 12.7 cm.; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1948. Cock-a-Hoop LXXXI.iv. More
Pp. [2], broadsheet; cockerel on front by John Buckland-Wright (reproduced from the binding brass to his Rubaiyat); extracts from reviews of The Mabinogion and Endymion; 25.7 cm. x 15.9 cm.; cream wove paper; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, n.d.[1949]. Cock-a-Hoop LXXXII. More
Pp. [2], broadsheet; cockerel on front by Mark Severin (as used at the head of LXXI, but full size), lists nine books in stock; 21.3 cm. x 11.3 cm.; white laid paper; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, n.d.[1949]. Cock-a-Hoop LXXXIII. More
Pp. [8], within yellow paper wrappers, printed in brown, upper wrapper, stapled, with vignette and border by John Buckland-Wright (from Jurgen) on front cover and a cockerel within an engraved border by Mark Severin on back cover, text gives details of 2l books, including some out of print, and a...... More
Pp. 40, within yellow paper wrappers, printed in red, stabbed and tied, with lion device on front, and unicorn on back covers, wrappers very lightly soiled, 25 illustrations in the text, showing bindings, opening spreads, engravings and drawings from books listed, plus details of 5 new books, recent titles, &c.;..... More
Pp. 32, stabbed and tied, with 19 illustrations (including several new ones) showing bindings, opening spreads, and engravings and drawings; 18.4 cm. x 12.5 cm.; smooth cream wove paper; edges very slightly marked; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1955. Cock-a-Hoop LXXXVIII.a. More
Pp. 32, stabbed and tied, with 19 illustrations (including several new ones) showing bindings, opening spreads, and engravings and drawings; 18.4 cm. x 12.5 cm.; smooth cream wove paper; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1955. Cock-a-Hoop LXXXVIII.a. More
